This story first appeared in the Oct. 18 issue of The Hollywood Reporter magazine. Exactly one century ago, Hollywood silent-film director John Griffith Wray took his production crew to the remote American colony of Hawaii to film two shorts, the first ones ever made on the islands: The Shark God and Hawaiian Love. "It's fascinating to think that when those first productions came here, this was still a monarchy," says Hawaii state film commissioner Donne Dawson. "Our queen was still alive. We've come a long way." To mark the centennial of local film production, Hawaii is
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- 10/10/2013
- by Matthew Fleischer
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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